The Potomac Edison Co

The Potomac Edison Co, doing business as Firstenergy, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Allegheny Power that provides electric utility services to federal agencies on a full-and-open basis, with 472 prime awards totaling $237.8 million in combined potential value across 36 distinct customer agencies. The company operates as a large for-profit electric utility based in Williamsport, Maryland, competing under standard commercial contracting vehicles without set-aside designations.

Firstenergy's federal footprint centers on electric power distribution, transmission, and facility-level utility service delivery. The vendor's capability profile spans electric bulk power transmission and control, power generation, and utility infrastructure maintenance. Representative awards include a $7.5 million firm fixed-price delivery order from the Department of Veterans Affairs Strategic Acquisition Center Frederick (October 2024, running through August 2029) for electricity utility services at the VA Martinsburg, West Virginia facility; an $8.88 million delivery order from the Internal Revenue Service (October 2024, extending through September 2027) for electric services at the IRS Martinsburg Enterprise Computing Center and Childcare Center in Kearneysville, West Virginia; and a $1.38 million delivery order from the Social Security Administration (July 2025) for electric power distribution, maintenance, and reserve capacity at the National Support Center in Urbana, Maryland.

Customer concentration is heavy in civilian infrastructure support. The top five customers by award count account for 52 percent of awards, with the Federal Correctional Institution Cumberland (94 awards, $7.5 million potential value) leading, followed by the National Institutes of Health (109 combined awards across multiple office components, $31.4 million in Construction alone), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (42 awards, $6.5 million potential value), the Social Security Administration, and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The potential-value ranking diverges meaningfully: the Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service anchors $50.2 million (28 awards), the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Central Office Energy Division carries $50 million on just three awards, and the NIH Construction office accounts for $31.4 million. This concentration reflects long-term facility utility contracts rather than transactional breadth.

Firstenergy's primary vehicles are two large GSA-issued indefinite delivery contracts. The IDC GS00P08BSD0539 carries 97 task orders and $63 million combined potential value; the IDC 47PA0418D0035 carries 40 task orders and $93.5 million combined potential value. The vendor also places work under a Health and Human Services Blanket Purchase Agreement (HHSN263200500061961B, 33 task orders) and subordinate GSA IDCs GS00T42000 (23 task orders) and GS00P92BSD0003 (20 task orders). These parent vehicles account for the bulk of Firstenergy's federal business.

Activity has declined year over year, from 12 awards in 2022 to three awards in 2026 (through April); the vendor shows 472 cumulative awards dating back to 1980, with $152.6 million obligated against the $237.8 million potential value (64 percent obligation rate). Only six awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, with combined potential value of $13.5 million — a relatively modest recompete cliff compared to the vendor's installed base, reflecting the long-tail nature of utility contracts with multi-year performance periods.

Firstenergy does not subcontract; all 472 awards are prime contracts. The vendor's award portfolio is entirely within utilities: 231 awards fall under Electric Power Distribution (NAICS primary), 70 under Electric Bulk Power Transmission and Control, and 43 under Other Electric Power Generation. The PSC coding confirms utility focus (430 awards PSC Utilities-Electric, 17 Gas, 7 Other). The company operates as a straightforward regulated utility serving federal facilities at fixed locations — Williamsport and Emmitsburg, Maryland; Urbana, Maryland; Kearneysville, West Virginia; Martinsburg, West Virginia; Bethesda, Maryland; and the Frederick, Maryland FEMA warehouse. Firstenergy competes on price and infrastructure incumbency rather than specialized IT or professional services capability, and carries no SBA certifications.